sacagawearules

Hi, I'm new to this and have been seriously collecting for only about three years although I have been "saving" coins all my life. I have a bucket of pennies I've been going through and come across a 1962 coin that looks like a very good condition, high luster coin, only it is silver colored. I know at that time they were still mostly copper, and I see no evidence of copper at all. The planchet doesn't seem to be small enough for a dime, although the l in is stamped right on the rim, you can just make it out. The reverse stamping seems normal, however. It weighs .002 kg on my bird scale, so I'm not sure how accurate that is. Doesn't sound like a dime plancet, does it? How can I find out for sure?

gxseries

Sounds like it's plated. Welcome to cointalk by the way.

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kanga

Worst case, it could be coated with mercury.
If it feels oily or greasy, get rid of it.
Mercury is highly toxic and can be absorbed through the skin.
And don't heat it.
If it is mercury it will vaporize and then you have a toxic gas.

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AdamL

Someone could probably help you out more if you could get some good photos of it.

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